Fly Away

She’s got a ticket, I think she’s gonna use it

And she’s going to fly away

Where you going?

No one should try and stop her

Persuade her with that power, yeah

She said that her mind is made

This the story we all familiar with

Yeah, we all tryina to live worry free

For pretty young things, perfection is like currency

Talking bout a country girl, living in the city though

Searching, but she gets her moral compass from these videos

Girl you be killing and searching your face for new tears

Courage on the fire, especially after a few beers

Already broke my resolution for the new year

If they bless you cause it’s nothing aside a few years

Until I came across this dame I used to baby sit

At the club looking for this lame she had a baby with

Wait a minute, you only 17, then she said to me

My baby gave me strength to leave the city

Life ain’t meant for me

Father can’t be bothered, I’m here to make my peace

So I offered her this money when she started pouring jay for me

I thought you were better, I slay these niggas faithfully

I don’t need you to pay for me, I just need you to pray for me

She’s got a ticket, I think she’s gonna use it

And she’s going to fly away

No one should try and stop her

Persuade her with that power, yeah

She said that her mind is made

Girl change your mind

When they call a man, captain, savior

That ain’t no hero

What you really bring to the table,

Let’s keep it real though

No matter where you going

If you don’t get your mind right

First choose between 2 evils like this was twilight

She up in the kitchen tonight, cooking the brims right

She got a ticket to ride, that peter pan bus

She got a ticket to buy, she got her grands up

Till she got a ticket to fly, she hit Atlanta

She trying to avoid the trap, it’s like a cancer

The love of money, running the ...now she a dancer

Now the blow, going to nose, to keep her dancing

The hot is the only escape, she like a phantom

A ghost, just a cell of herself, back in the back tense

Close to selling herself, who’s in the assets

Ain’t nothing like with the...that’s breaking all down

Got a side of the things, she’s taking off now

She’s got a ticket, I think she’s gonna use it

And she’s going to fly away, sky high!

No one should try and stop her

Persuade her with that power, aha

She said that her mind is made

Fly high, fly, fly, ah,

Sky high, yeah, hold up

Where you going girl, hold up

Hold up, where you going girl? Hold up

Hold up, where you going girl? Hold up

Damn, I found out later that she don’t know who her father is

I’m like it’s crazy, this baby ain’t got no starter kit

She never met a real man before, they try to steal her goodies

They breaking into her candy store

We own them pistols and willy wackers for soldier sisters

Cause where we kicking the golden ticket the coldest winters

Statistic, so give you the truest pinciatti

You provision married to a mission for new beginnings

It’s hard enough being radiated, in a 20 block radius

Wondering who the father of the baby is

A real relationship to her is like science fiction

Octavian butler can ride it by you and provide it with a title

Body of a woman with the eyes of a child

... she be crushed, stretches wide as the tile

Want a future to be bright as a smile, she like them out

I see her spinning that, wheel of fortune, let’s fly now

She’s got a ticket, I think she’s gonna use it

And she’s going to fly away, sky high!

No one should try and stop her

Persuade her with that power, aha

She said that her mind is made

Hold up, I realize early,

That black girls carry universes inside their bodies

Waiting to be named, whole continents

Land masses that were once connected

Flow through her arms, fingers, chest, leg, stomach,

Feet and head

Ghana is her heart, her lungs Cherokee

Her thighs ... her bones, masai

Her breath, aborigen, her skin,

The color of Moroccan sand in south African sky lines

Her blue blood separates the lands from our rivers and great lakes

The place where we shouldn’t drink

The place where we love and hate

Colonize and liberate, conquer and rebuild

Rape and sow up, escape and imprison

The place where questions like

If you’re woman, raise your hand

We’ll get you killed!